Photo: dailymailTogather even in death: Huan and Cai both 21 died in each others arms
'According to local media, rescue teams said the pair were tightly embracing making it difficult to release them from the remains of the building. The girl's head was apparently nestled in Cai's chest as if he was protecting her from falling rubble.'
Following the in Taiwan today , a young couple, both 21 year old college students, were found buried alive in the rubble of an apartment building in southwest Taiwan, embracing each other.
Rescuers made the discovery during the search for survivors in Tainan after the city was hit by a 6.4 magnitude earthquake, the People's Daily Online reports.
According to reports, the boyfriend named Cai Mengjia was found first, apparently shielding his girlfriend from falling rubble, with the pair still holding hands. Cai, an electronics student and his girlfriend Huang Ruoxin both attended Kun Shan University. Huang was a student of fashion at the university. Recovery teams were able to identify the pair due to Cai 's identity cards in his pocket. f the dead are students and on Monday, the flag will be flown at half mast.
Rescue workers carry away the bodies of the couple from the wreckage. Photo:dailymail
The quake struck at around 4am on Saturday, right at the beginning of the Lunar New Year holiday.
53 people are confirmed dead with 83 still missing.
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